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April 09, 2016

Thought i share this wonderful friendship story with you. My Friday started off with an unnecessary unkind event (deep breath), but i'll just say i really do have the most wonderful friends (both near and far). Just when i was feeling a little of both hurt and sad, a surprised message pop-up on my phone : "I know you haven't been feeling well lately, so I made you a little something to help cheer you up!..." i get teary writing about it.

My sweet friend Lori Patton made me two special photo lockets that featured my adorable girls. It made my heart swell as i lay eyes on the gifts. What an amazing feeling. I love this little photo locket so much it hurts. Pretty fantastic, wouldn't you say? I would. I'm over the moon.Thanks for your overwhelming generosity and kindness, Lori.

If you don't know Lori, you should drop by her Dearest Mine: For Keep's Sake page and take a look around. She's quite a sweet lady. I always enjoy her lovely posts, which happen to be full of beautiful graphic design and handmade goodies.

More soon, friends. Stay tuned for a little something special later in the coming weeks. The weekend is finally here, too.Have yourself some fun,Love to you and yours.

January 08, 2016

The photo below is definitely not the usual way one would show off a completed sewing project. But today is my day to wear this whimsical party headpiece and eat cake. Remember the felted pastries and sweets i mentioned during the New Year Holiday post? Well, it is finally complete. I whipped up a little party headpiece gift for me. I love this little party headpiece so much. Good times in the sewing room

Today is also an appreciation day for all that you (papa and mama) did to get me into the world on this day so long ago. It's hard to believe, ive been chuggin' along for all these years now. It has been a beautiful adventure. I've had the privilege of traveling to faraway places, eating great food, laughing a lot, getting a wonderful education and finding the sweetest man. Thanks for everything, Papa and Mama.

Having a birthday land on a Friday is perfect because it easily becomes a Birthday Weekend. It's fantastic so far. I see all kinds of good things in my immediate future.

Thanks for reading, friends!Happy Janunary 8th to you! I have always loved Janunary 8th. Love to you and yours.

September 13, 2015

It took some time, but i'm finally getting around to showing off my little Missy Monster again. I will do a part 3 and 4 together.

This is my newest Blythe carry case that i fondly named Little Missy Monster. I created her just for fun and mainly because i was going through a serious softie admiration phase and wanted to try creating a creature of my own. I created the pattern through much trial and error, so there was (as there always is) a bit of fudging involved. Lucky for me it fits really well. The best part for me was gathering all the fabrics and accessories from my creative corner and sitting down to decide what i wanted to use. In the end everything came together just fine.

Little Missy Monster is cute and soft and full of personality. Lucky for me, Ryan was willing to model this little Missy Monster Blythe carry case for you to see. I love this little Blythe case so much. It's such fun to whip up. I plan to make a few more in different colors perhaps to send out into the world.

I have to show some close up of her little details mainly because i love how beautiful she turned out. Here are the details:

i added 2 security belts inside to keep my girl in position, gave her a changeable hearts blouse, a removable leather handle (in case you wanna just hug her),and finished her with a painted white Blythe pull charm for flair (and to match her fur).

I wanted to thank each of you for all the sweetness about my little Missy Monster series. It was such a fun series for me. I know i've mentioned it here loads of times, but i really do have the most wonderful friends. It makes me a little misty just thinking about it.

I am down with a nasty sore throat. I'm keeping my finger crossed that my self-prescribed combination of ginger lemon tea, movies and many long naps will contribute to a speedy recovery.

July 15, 2015

The little Missy Monster series part 2. Well, folks, I'll admit it. I LOVE making cute things. The Missy Monster series continues, here is a little peek at Missy Monster. I ordered her a beautiful pair of Alice Blice's Starry Night blythe eyechips and added little eyelashes for flare with a touch of rosy cheeks I'm overjoyed.

I love this Missy Monster so much. She is special for so many reasons, primarily because it's inspirational to see how this project comes to live from ...my head to my hands. Loveliness. just because. I've not felt that jazzed by a project in a long while. Such a satisfying project that added some much fun when it comes to taking one of my girls out for a walk.

July 05, 2015

The spurts of creativity have been ebbing and flowing around here, but I'm still feeling mostly good about things. The photo below is definitely not the usual way one would show off a completed sewing project. But... i wanted to give a little sneak peak of what i've been working on for my little shop. This project has been in my head for months and i'm thrilled to slowly introduce a new line of Blythe item in the coming weeks.

It took me a while to make this one as i wanted to do it ALL by hand. I had quite a bit of fun with it, though i do find sewing by hand can be somewhat stress relieving ~ very tedious, yet very relaxing. Missy Monster is her name. She is really cute and soft and full of personality. I mean, what little Blythe girls couldn't use a soft and cuddly carrier.

I have big plans to get this and a couple of other ones put in my shop sometime hopefully soon, but first i need to order a couple more supplies. In the meantime and for the coming weeks. i will share with you little tinny sneak peak details of this project. Just for the fun of it, let's call it the little Missy Monster series.

Hope you're having a lovely weekend.Happy July to you.Love to you and yours.

May 19, 2015

Remember the dolly project i mentioned a while back? Well, i'm slowly making progress and i'm having quite a bit of fun with it. Sewing brings me such comfort measures (very much needed). It is laying on my craft table right now, and every time i catch a glimpse, i am filled with total giddiness and pride.

Thanks so much for all the wonderful offerings of love and healing on my last post. You guys are the best. And I am so grateful to be able to send such bummer news like this out into the world and feel such kindness and support from people i have met and never even met. Kind of blows my mind, actually.

March 23, 2014

It makes me really happy to say that i finished my first blythe summer shirred tube dress project. It has been quite a while since i made something, so i'm pretty pleased with Rue's new lounge dress.I called it ~ the foxes summer dress.

Don't get me wrong, it has a few flaws, but who the heck cares, it fits well and it looks super comfortable. The shriing part was fun to make ~ i had a little trouble with pulling the elastic wound bobbin from my sewing machine due to my rusty sewing skills.

I have had this foxes fabric for quite a while, i'm super happy with how cute the dress turned out. I even made a matching dress for my little tinny girls because they nearly beg for new dresses.

February 24, 2014

I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I think my motivation to sew might be returning. I've been in a sewing slump for a while now. Maybe my desire to sew over the weekend has to do with sewing while listening to good music?

What's important is that i finally sewed for a sweet friend two new linen mini Cherry Blossom hats and had a damn good time doing them. These hats have been on my to-do list for a few weeks now and on Sunday morning i finally managed to check it off.

These mini Cherry Blossom hats are also loaded in my shop as made to order if any one is interested.. Be well. Love to you.

January 19, 2014

Hope you are having a lovely weekend. I know i've mentioned it here loads of times, but i really do have the most wonderful friends. Thanks for all the sweet birthday wishes. It makes me a little misty just thinking about it.

I am slowly trying to find the time and energy for crafty pursuits. I finally got around to snapping a couple of photos of one of my latest projects. Here are the little linen mini hats i created for a fiend and my shop a week ago.

They turned out really cute and was so relaxing to work on. I'm hoping to get some loaded in my shop very soon.

So lovely to have you

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